Big Jay Oakerson Urges Fans to Ignore Ardie Fuqua and Tracy Morgan Rumors

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Comedian Big Jay Oakerson was on SiriusXM’s Ron and Fez Show today, and asked people to stop spreading and listening to rumors about the conditions of comedians Tracy Morgan and Ardie Fuqua. Both comedians are hospitalized after being in a six car accident late Saturday night.

Oakerson said that fake facebooks have popped up claiming to be in support of Fuqua, but that the information is false, and that Fuqua’s family and friends are working to have the fake page taken down.

“I’m very close to Ardie Fuqua and I’ve been getting actual information thats been given by the actual family of Ardie,” he said. “But there’s Facebook pages out there calling prayers for Ardie, that are giving bad information. Unfortunately most of the fake stuff is positive.”

Oakerson said that from the information he has received, both comedians are stable at the moment, but that Fuqua, was still unconscious. He had been operated on, Oakerson said, and they were now waiting for his fever to go down so they could operate on his leg. “He needed to be sedated, from what I understand,” he said, and added, “he hasn’t woken up in like three days. The doctors have done what they can do and now its just a matter of waiting for him to wake up and see where we’re at.”

Oakerson’s frustration comes from spending days of hearing rumors and misinformation. He had heard false reports about Tracy being funny and responsive in the hospital, and also heard false reports that Ardie just had scratches. So he spent days thinking they were both fine, which wasn’t the case. There were also rumors (false) that Tracy was going to have his leg amputated. Jay and Ardie are very good friends, and Ardie is a big part of Jay’s Whats Your Fucking Deal crowd work show, and so Jay is asking that everyone please ignore the rumors, don’t go to the false Facebook pages, and don’t support the bullshit. The real news outlets will provide information when there are updates to report, he said.

It’s just going to be a long arduous recovery, Oakerson added, about Fuqua. “He just needs everyone’s prayers, and good thoughts. Anything you can do.”

Tracy Morgan’s fiance Megan Wollover, was also asking fans to stop speculating about his health and spreading false rumors about his condition. In a statement released by Tracy’s publicist she thanked the public for their overwhelming concern, but “Megan is respectfully asking that the media await official word through these channels before speculating (mostly inaccurately) on his condition.” Morgan’s publicist added, “Rumors about amputating his leg are completely fabricated.”

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